Improvement in whip-sockets



Patented Sept'. .128, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 95,228, dated September 28,1869.

IM-PROVEMENT IN' WHIP-SOCKETS.

The ISchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofuthe Same- Tolall whom 'it play conce/rn Be i-t known vthat I,14W. S." HILL,

` of ltIanchester, in-the county of' "Hillsborough, and

State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improve' ment in Locking Whip-f-Sock'et; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact dcscriptionthereof, which will enable thosey skilled in --the-art -tomakeand-use the' same,freferenee-being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part oi this specification.

The object of this invention i'svto combine, with a whip-socket `for carriages, a lock with a swinging hasp, similar to a padlock, in .such a way that the hasp may be locked around the whip, above the buttons or enlargements at the ends, when not using it,

` to prevent it from being wrongfully taken away, and A so that when driving, and requiring it for use, the

hasp being unlocked, may be opened, for readily inserting the whipin the socket, or removing it. l

The invention also comprises an arrangement of leather, or other flexible substance, with the hasp and the lock, to prevent chan'g the whip.

Figure l, represents a sectional elevation of a'socket and lock, arranged `according to my improvement; and y Figure 2 represents a plan view of the same.

The socketV A maybe connected to the dash-board, or any other part of the carriage, in any approved way, so that room on the dash-board,` or other part, may be had above the socket, on the attachment of' the look, which consists of a stock, B, provided with flanges, for attachment to the carriage, to which` stock a hasp, G, is hinged at D, so as to swing therein,atlthe side opposite the joint.

The stock is provided with any suitable lockingdevice, enclosed in acase, E, into-which the free end of the hasp projects when closed, and having any snitable'keyto work it.4

Both the stock B and hasp G have semicircular recesses in the faces fronting each other, which, when closed, form a circular space or opening, coincident vertically with the socket for confining the whip.

These semicircular faces arc Ag'rooved, and Ythe grooves'are filled with leather, India rubber, orothen substance, as represented at F, which, when clamped. around the whip, will 'notchafe or injure it;

These locks are specially adapted for use with the whip-sockets,and constitute, when attached together, a very convenient and secure attaclnnent for holding and securing the whip.

Then driving, andl requiring the whip for use, the hasp may be keptunlocked.

Having. thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- ,ters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a whip-socket, of a clasplock B` O E, when arranged for application to the flasher or other part of the carriage, in connection with the socket, substantially as specified.

2. lhe combination, with the parts B C, groovcd;

as described, -of leather or other similar guards, F, for the protection of the whip, substantially as speciiicd.

' W. S. HILL.

Witnesses:

S. HERN, E. 0. Hint. 

